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Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 189 saved

Updated: 2013-07-24 21:48
( Agencies)
Asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia, 189 saved

Suspected asylum seekers, who were on a boat capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, sit at a temporary shelter near Jayanti beach, Sindang Barang district of Cianjur, Indonesia's West Java province July 24, 2013. Andriansyah, the head of rescue team, said on Wednesday that nine people had died but another 189 suspected asylum seekers were rescued. [Photo/Agencies]

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